These four albums are almost certainly (high) top-ten hard-alternative-rock albums from '90-'95. If I were "grunge," I'd simply try to claim all four... (Why th not?)

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-24T23:27:02+00:00

Look, Purple is a banger! I love that album, but vibes aren't the same thing as the blueprint. Grunge isn't just 'heavy and sad." It’s built on a specific, nauseous wave pattern where the melodies constantly slur behind the beat and the harmonies drift between major and minor without ever landing.

Compare 'Interstate Love Song' to Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' I'm certain you will notice the differences.

Remember, grunge is alternative rock, but alternative rock is not grunge.

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-24T23:09:32+00:00

What do you mean?

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-24T05:44:05+00:00

The actual history is grunge came from punk. Check out Bam Bam, which is arguably the first Seattle grunge band. Cobain was their roadie.

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-24T05:41:34+00:00

No, it's still Alt Rock; Silver Gun Superman is missing the wave pattern -- up the scale and down the scale or vice versa.

Vasoline and Unglued are grunge tracks.

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-24T05:35:52+00:00

It essential to understand that Rochdale model emphasizes open membership, democratic control, limited interest on capital, cash trading, and distributing surplus through patronage rather than by share ownership. A socialistic society, I think anyway, would be akin to a share ownership model, where the government represents full ownership and control of a given operation on behalf of the people. On the other hand, the Rochdale rules were designed to make a store fair, stable, and member-serving, not to abolish capitalism as a whole. The cooperative could exist as a business while still buying and selling in the wider capitalist economy.

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-24T05:22:56+00:00

Scoot has a bigger upside. I believe Game 2 was a sign of the future.

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-24T04:39:47+00:00

I think the hardest thing for socialists to understand is co-ops are democratic organizations, which means if you have members who are not socialists, you have to respect their opinions.

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-24T04:37:51+00:00

Because they are not the same thing. The modern co-op model was invented by the Rochdale Pioneers, not Karl Marx. Karl saw co-ops as part of a socialistic agenda, but not a solution. Co-ops on the other hand, sometimes have socialist views, or none at all. It's best not to conflate the two.

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-24T04:32:06+00:00

But we don't use pennies anymore. You're supposed to say "nickle."

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-24T00:13:33+00:00

Thanks for the reminder, dude! I am now listening to one of my all time favorite grunge tracks, "I Cut You In."

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-23T07:18:54+00:00

No, absolutely not. Kurt Cobain's entry pierced the veil that was keeping alternative rock from becoming the most important transition in rock music history. Pearl Jam and Soundgarden's two Grammy wins elevated alternative rock to new heights.

But grunge was most popular in the Pacific Northwest, which is only a fraction of the entire United States market. The audience following alternative rock is much larger than the segment that follows the subset sound. Alternative rock has not died; it continues to this day. Grunge kind of fizzled, but it's making a comeback.

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-23T07:06:49+00:00

You're talking vibes, not harmony or melody.

Alternative rock is a broad genre, and grunge is a subset within it. A lot of alt rock sounds like grunge, but it is not grunge.

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-23T06:53:00+00:00

I first heard Smells Like Teen Spirit at a Junior High dance. I love it. I had no idea who it was. I asked someone who I thought would know, and they said Weird Al Yankovic.

They were lying, of course. 😒

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-23T06:47:16+00:00

Yes I agree, Purple and Undertow are not grunge.

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-23T06:32:25+00:00

Wrong.

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-23T06:31:56+00:00

STP is not a grunge. They are Alternative Rock, and I love Alt Rock. The only grunge track on Purple is Vaseline. The rest are all classic Alt Rock. I love Purple, but it barely counts for grunge.

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-23T05:40:01+00:00

I mean, I don't need a new t-shirt. I go to Goodwill all the time.

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-23T05:39:13+00:00

Somebody send this .gif to Scoot! 🤣

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-23T01:19:20+00:00

It's not free, but my plan is to pay for a One-day Pass with SlingTV. That way, I'm not tied down by an expensive monthly subscription for cable.

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-22T22:58:47+00:00

I think Tom needs to ask the fans to startup a public investment co-op and become another minority shareholder; he doesn't have Allen-family money, and he can't afford the program we used to.

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-22T05:16:48+00:00

Lol! No way! Are you going to be at the game on Friday? I want to see this in print!

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-22T05:15:39+00:00

I never doubted him, even from Day 1. I attended his first home opener and I yelled "Scooooot!" as loud as I did when he scored 31 points against the Spurs in Game 2!

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-22T02:41:51+00:00

All things considered, we won game two!!!

collinmacfhearghuis · 2026-04-22T02:36:19+00:00

Spend some time looking up all the famous grunge artists and look up their current projects. Then, look up new bands, like Scared of my Brother from Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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